The Realtek Device 8723 would be your Wi-Fi, but is seems it had very bad support on Linux. I'm not sure if this has been improved. Some users have a received a file from Realtek on Dropbox, that they can compile to get a working driver on Linux Mint 13. I'm not sure it will work on 14. You may be happier getting a Wi-Fi dongle that just works on Linux Mint 14. (The hardware compatibility database for Linux Mint is here: http://community.linuxmint.com/hardware/search. Suggest you search for type "USB wireless adapter", status "Works perfectly" and release "Maya" as "Nadia" has no entries yet.)

Last year I had problems with my toshiba satellite's wifi, it connected ok but dropped connections which could only be restored by rebooting. I also believed that the problem was the realtek driver.
I compiled and installed a driver I downloaded from the site and thereafter no probs. I work with linuxmint 13 so don't know if 14 is a problem.

xenopeek wrote:The Realtek Device 8723 would be your Wi-Fi, but is seems it had very bad support on Linux. I'm not sure if this has been improved. Some users have a received a file from Realtek on Dropbox, that they can compile to get a working driver on Linux Mint 13. I'm not sure it will work on 14. You may be happier getting a Wi-Fi dongle that just works on Linux Mint 14. (The hardware compatibility database for Linux Mint is here: http://community.linuxmint.com/hardware/search. Suggest you search for type "USB wireless adapter", status "Works perfectly" and release "Maya" as "Nadia" has no entries yet.)

Fíona wrote:Last year I had problems with my toshiba satellite's wifi, it connected ok but dropped connections which could only be restored by rebooting. I also believed that the problem was the realtek driver.I compiled and installed a driver I downloaded from the site and thereafter no probs. I work with linuxmint 13 so don't know if 14 is a problem.

With an adapter/dongle is it a case of inserting to the usb slot(Mint compatible of course) and it picks up the wi-fi from my bt hub? would I need to install anything for it? It's not really a long term solution I think, but I will mainly be using the laptop in my house so it would be ok for the meantime.

I have an atheros based USB stick that works fine with Mint14, as I can't disable the onboard wifi chip in the BIOS, I just select the USB device in Mint's network manager and disable the onboard wifi from there.

Rhakios wrote:I have an atheros based USB stick that works fine with Mint14, as I can't disable the onboard wifi chip in the BIOS, I just select the USB device in Mint's network manager and disable the onboard wifi from there.

Is that a wireless adapter? When you select the USB in network manager, does that disable the onboard wifi automatically?

xenopeek wrote:The Realtek Device 8723 would be your Wi-Fi, but is seems it had very bad support on Linux. I'm not sure if this has been improved. Some users have a received a file from Realtek on Dropbox, that they can compile to get a working driver on Linux Mint 13. I'm not sure it will work on 14. You may be happier getting a Wi-Fi dongle that just works on Linux Mint 14. (The hardware compatibility database for Linux Mint is here: http://community.linuxmint.com/hardware/search. Suggest you search for type "USB wireless adapter", status "Works perfectly" and release "Maya" as "Nadia" has no entries yet.)

TheWizardofOdds wrote:Is that a wireless adapter? When you select the USB in network manager, does that disable the onboard wifi automatically?

Yes it is a wireless USB dongle. It shows up alongside the onboard wireless adaptor in the network manager applet, each has an on/off toggle by it, so you can pick either or none (if you want to use the ethernet port for some reason).